Arrest Made in 2002 Killing as Riverside County Investigators Reopen Long-Dormant Case | Crime Alert 04.03.2026
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🗓️ 3 April 2026
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Summary
- Investigators identify suspect in decades-old Riverside County homicide case
- Sentences in Alabama Sweet 16 shooting draw mixed reactions from victims’ families
- Manslaughter charges filed after inmate death in New York custody
- Search continues for U.S. journalist kidnapped in Baghdad
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| 0:00.0 | Crime Alert, I'm John Lemley. We begin the hour with a major break in a decades-old homicide case in |
| 0:07.6 | Southern California, where investigators say new evidence has led to an arrest after more than 20 years, |
| 0:14.9 | and they're now urging anyone with information to come forward as they continue working to bring closure. |
| 0:21.8 | The case centers on Ernan Marquez, a 27-year-old man who was found fatally shot in August of 2002. |
| 0:30.3 | Authorities say deputies responded to what initially appeared to be a crash in Lakeita, |
| 0:35.4 | but when they arrived, they found Marquez inside his vehicles |
| 0:39.6 | suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives later |
| 0:46.0 | determined Marquez had been to a house party shortly before the shooting. Investigators believe |
| 0:51.8 | an altercation broke out and that Marquez was shot as he was leaving. |
| 0:56.0 | Despite his injuries, he managed to drive away but lost control of the car and crashed into parked vehicles. |
| 1:04.0 | For years, the case went unsolved. Now, after a renewed investigation and advances in forensic technology, authorities say they have identified a suspect. |
| 1:14.9 | Alex Anthony Uribe, now 46 years old, has been arrested in connection with the killing, and investigators believe he may be the sole suspect. |
| 1:25.1 | Officials say the case remains active, and they are continuing to follow up on |
| 1:29.4 | additional leads. For Marquez's family, the development represents a long-weighted step toward |
| 1:35.3 | answers in a case that has remained unresolved for more than two decades. Thanks, John. For the latest |
| 1:42.2 | Crime and Justice News, go to crimeonline.com and please join us for our daily podcast, crime stories. |
| 1:48.1 | More crime and justice news after this. |
| 1:53.9 | Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, crime online's John Limley. |
| 1:58.6 | In Alabama, there are new developments in a mass shooting that stunned a small community |
| 2:03.9 | and left lasting scars, an attack that remains one of the deadliest in the area's recent |
| 2:09.9 | history with its impact still being felt. |
| 2:12.9 | Five defendants have now been sentenced in connection with the 2023 shooting at a Sweet 16 birthday party in Dadeville. |
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